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. >> it is not consistent with the ideals and the laws and the constitution of this country to take our gay and lesbian pros and sister -- brothers and sisters and put them in a class and deny them rights we give this everyone else. >> reporter: but attorneys for the other side say that the decision should be left up to voters. >> the place for the decision to be made regarding redefining marriage is with the people. not with the courts. >> reporter: jeff shed his support for gay marriage. >> it's consideration because same sex couples are just clearly treated unfairly. >> reporter: a parade of hundreds disagreed saying marriage can only be between a man and a woman. the supreme court signaling today it might not make a ruling that would affect all 50 states and a decision is expected in late june. now the justices pointed out this morning that the concept of gay marriage is so new that it might need more time to be debated by voters. one justice said the concept of gay marriage is even newer than the internet and cell phones. live in washington, kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. >> t
. >> it is not consistent with the ideals and the laws and the constitution of this country to take our gay and lesbian pros and sister -- brothers and sisters and put them in a class and deny them rights we give this everyone else. >> reporter: but attorneys for the other side say that the decision should be left up to voters. >> the place for the decision to be made regarding redefining marriage is with the people. not with the courts. >> reporter: jeff shed his...
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. >> the proof the city auditor says she has that two city counsel members broke the law. she listed a dozen violations by city counsel members oakland councilwoman desley brooks and larry reid. ktvu's jade hernandez has more. >> reporter: for years controversy surrounded the base and the clean up and today an audit surrounding the two city counsel members. >> reporter: last spring a audit began. the 55 page document exposed what the auditor said is interference by larry reid and desley brooks. among other things it accuses them of using their power to influence the bidding process. and renovations at the center. >> these are serious allegations. >> reporter: he says they are clear, counsel members can only set policy and appropriate funds. they found desley brooks collected or negotiated can contract -- negotiated on contracts. >> at no point in time may we ever justify it is okay to break the law. ktvu channel 2 news caught up with desley brooks this morning. >> time will tell. the information is not accurate. >> employees were coerced. and the report documents that. >>
. >> the proof the city auditor says she has that two city counsel members broke the law. she listed a dozen violations by city counsel members oakland councilwoman desley brooks and larry reid. ktvu's jade hernandez has more. >> reporter: for years controversy surrounded the base and the clean up and today an audit surrounding the two city counsel members. >> reporter: last spring a audit began. the 55 page document exposed what the auditor said is interference by larry reid...
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they also filed a complaint against city police for what they call discriminatory laws. >>> on the final leg of president obama's four day tour he went to jordan where he pledged money for a food plague going on. before leaving president obama layedwreaths. upon landing in jordan the president met with king abdulla. >> what they're looking for is replacing oppression with freedom and opportunity and democracy. >> reporter: the conflict has had a major affect on jordan. king abdula asked for help. >> the numbers have just competed 250,000 syrians that is 10% of our population. >> reporter: if president announced his administration will work with congress to provide jordan with aid this year to help the huge number of refugees. >> it's heartbreaking, the sight of children and women being slaughtered that we've seen so much i think has to compel all of us to say what more can we do. >> reporter: the two also talks about the efforts to resume peace talks between israel and the pelestinians. while he hopes u.s. and u.n. sanctions would lead it to cooperate and open its nuclear facilities he's
they also filed a complaint against city police for what they call discriminatory laws. >>> on the final leg of president obama's four day tour he went to jordan where he pledged money for a food plague going on. before leaving president obama layedwreaths. upon landing in jordan the president met with king abdulla. >> what they're looking for is replacing oppression with freedom and opportunity and democracy. >> reporter: the conflict has had a major affect on jordan. king...
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. >> reporter: they are passing tougher gun laws in the state including an a salt weapons ban. they sent a letter to the nra asking them to remove newtown connecticut from its call list and nra said they have a right to campaign against gun control measures. president barack obama says a national control register triis not needed. he does support background checks but it can be carried out without a national registry. >>> kentucky senator rand paul will filibuster anybody who plays restrictions on guns. there was a filibuster which went on almost 13 hours which opposed drones on american soil and in texas they are also promising to filibuster gun control legislation. >>> we are here at the u.s. supreme court and david stevenson is there right out the supreme court building where he has been talking with people who have been waiting in line for days. good morning, david. >> hey, good morning, pam. take a look behind me, you can see this behind me with -- hundreds lining up and you can see some of the signs they have out here advocating for the right to marry. doses have been cam
. >> reporter: they are passing tougher gun laws in the state including an a salt weapons ban. they sent a letter to the nra asking them to remove newtown connecticut from its call list and nra said they have a right to campaign against gun control measures. president barack obama says a national control register triis not needed. he does support background checks but it can be carried out without a national registry. >>> kentucky senator rand paul will filibuster anybody who...
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a similar law in texas is also under review. the supreme court will hear arguments on california's ban on same-sex marriage tomorrow. ktvu's david stevenson is in washington, d.c. he will report live for us all day tomorrow. and stay with ktvu channel 2 news tomorrow night for a look at the proposition 8 case. we will break down the arguments and the impacts the case will have at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow night. >>> the calendar says spring but storms pound the east coast. folks are digging out from a snowstorm. they got 10 inches of snow over night. it caused flight delays delays and some schools were shut down. the monday morning commute was slippery in new jersey and blamed for several accidents. more snow is expected throughout the day. >>> here in the bay area, back to hoping for rain. our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> got the fingers crossed. nothing significant. a few sprinkles is how it looks. it will last all week. the chance of showers are in the forecast starting on wednesday and they linger into the weekend. the quest
a similar law in texas is also under review. the supreme court will hear arguments on california's ban on same-sex marriage tomorrow. ktvu's david stevenson is in washington, d.c. he will report live for us all day tomorrow. and stay with ktvu channel 2 news tomorrow night for a look at the proposition 8 case. we will break down the arguments and the impacts the case will have at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow night. >>> the calendar says spring but storms pound the east coast. folks are digging...
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. >> it was hundreds of years old and the common law countries. this was new to the united states. >> and what we have here is -- >> that's not accurate. >> i -- yeah i respectfully submit that we've -- we've learned to understand more about sexual orientation and what it means to individuals. i guess the lang wan that justice ginsberg used at the closing of the vmi case is a an important thing. a prime part of the history of our constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded. >> several justices raised doubts. the case should even be before them and justice anthony kennedy suggested the court dismiss it with no ruling at all which could allow gail marriages to -- gay marriages to resume in california. and you can find a lot more of the audio recordings from the proposition 8 supreme court arguments on our website, ktvu.com. there are also transcripts to today's proceedings and tomorrow, the supreme court will be hearing the defense of marriage act. at the supreme court considers the argument
. >> it was hundreds of years old and the common law countries. this was new to the united states. >> and what we have here is -- >> that's not accurate. >> i -- yeah i respectfully submit that we've -- we've learned to understand more about sexual orientation and what it means to individuals. i guess the lang wan that justice ginsberg used at the closing of the vmi case is a an important thing. a prime part of the history of our constitution is the story of the...
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. >> those robocalls ask the newtown residents to oppose laws to pass tougher gun laws in the state including an assault weapons ban. two senators wrote to the nra asking them to remove newtown from its call list. but the nra says it has a right to campaign against gun control measures. >>> a gun store in tucson, arizona decided to cancel the sale of a weapon to mark kelly. former congresswoman giffords was critically injured in an assassination attempt two years ago. kelly said he planned to buy the rifle to make a political point to get the kind of firearms he wants bans. >>> it is 7:17. president obama is still pushing for a vote in congress on an assault weapons ban. but he says the national gun control registry is not needed. white house officials say the president does support background checks but believes they can be carried out without a national register. the nate is expected to vote on legislation that would extend those checks after the easter recess. >>> rand paul will philly butter any legislation -- filibuster any legislation gun control lemlation. >>> a big vote in sacramento,
. >> those robocalls ask the newtown residents to oppose laws to pass tougher gun laws in the state including an assault weapons ban. two senators wrote to the nra asking them to remove newtown from its call list. but the nra says it has a right to campaign against gun control measures. >>> a gun store in tucson, arizona decided to cancel the sale of a weapon to mark kelly. former congresswoman giffords was critically injured in an assassination attempt two years ago. kelly said...
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. >> reporter: they are passing tougher gun laws in the state including an a salt weapons ban. they sent a letter to the nra asking them to remove newtown connecticut from its call list and nra said they have a right to campaign against gun control measures. president barack obama says a national control register triis not needed. he does support background checks but it can be carried out without a national registry. >>> kentucky senator rand paul will filibuster anybody who plays restrictions on guns. there was a filibuster which went on almost 13 hours which opposed drones on american soil and in texas they are also promising to filibuster gun control legislation. >>> we are here at the u.s. supreme court and david stevenson is there right out the supreme court building where he has been talking with people who have been waiting in line for days. good morning, david. >> hey, good morning, pam. take a look behind me, you can see this behind me with -- hundreds lining up and you can see some of the signs they have out here advocating for the right to marry. doses have been cam
. >> reporter: they are passing tougher gun laws in the state including an a salt weapons ban. they sent a letter to the nra asking them to remove newtown connecticut from its call list and nra said they have a right to campaign against gun control measures. president barack obama says a national control register triis not needed. he does support background checks but it can be carried out without a national registry. >>> kentucky senator rand paul will filibuster anybody who...
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the other case challenges a federal law. harris appeared on cnn this morning to talk about the two cases. >> that the same sex couples that are before the united states supreme court mrs. windsor, ms. perry be allowed to have equal protection under the laws like any americans. >> she last month kamala harris filed a brief saying prop 8 is unconstitutional and the initiative sponsors don't have the right to claim they represent the interest of california. stay with us for continuing coverage. ktvu david stevenson will have live reports for us from washington beginning tomorrow and those will go on through tuesday's oral arguments. and join us for a special on tuesday night. we go in-depth on that prop 8 case. >>> a high school in portland has become one of the first in the face to have june sex bathrooms for transgender students. the high school generated four restrooms, four for students and two for staff. going into a men and womens restroom became so uncomfortable he stopped drinking during the day so he wouldn't have to g
the other case challenges a federal law. harris appeared on cnn this morning to talk about the two cases. >> that the same sex couples that are before the united states supreme court mrs. windsor, ms. perry be allowed to have equal protection under the laws like any americans. >> she last month kamala harris filed a brief saying prop 8 is unconstitutional and the initiative sponsors don't have the right to claim they represent the interest of california. stay with us for continuing...
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. >> those robocalls ask the newtown residents to oppose laws to pass tougher gun laws in the state including an assault weapons ban. two senators wrote to the nra asking them to remove newtown from its call list. but the nra says it has a right to campaign against gun control measures. >>> a gun store in tucson, arizona decided to cancel the sale of a weapon to mark kelly. former congresswoman giffords was critically injured in an assassination attempt two years ago. kelly said he planned to buy the rifle to make a political point to get the kind of firearms he wants bans. >>> it is 7:17. president obama is still pushing for a vote in congress on an assault weapons ban. but he says the national gun control registry is not needed. white house officials say the president does support background checks but believes they can be carried out without a national register. the nate is expected to vote on legislation that would extend those checks after the easter recess. >>> rand paul will philly butter any legislation -- filibuster any legislation gun control lemlation. >>> a big vote in sacramento,
. >> those robocalls ask the newtown residents to oppose laws to pass tougher gun laws in the state including an assault weapons ban. two senators wrote to the nra asking them to remove newtown from its call list. but the nra says it has a right to campaign against gun control measures. >>> a gun store in tucson, arizona decided to cancel the sale of a weapon to mark kelly. former congresswoman giffords was critically injured in an assassination attempt two years ago. kelly said...